The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at UC Berkeley, George Dantzig—a first-year graduate student—copied two problems ...

The Colorado River, which feeds Lake Mead, is under unprecedented strain from drought, over-allocation, and climate change. The lake, which is America’s largest reservoir, supplies water to 25 million ...

California is poised to see its lowest use of Lake Mead water in 75 years this year, a milestone achieved through sweeping conservation efforts and amid negotiations over the future of the ...

Lake Mead may be facing historic shortages, but officials from the Colorado River state that uses the most water are celebrating unprecedented water savings. At a briefing for reporters at Tuesday's ...

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Expect U.S.-China tensions as the two leaders pursue opposing agendas.

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Lake Mead’s water level rose about 3 feet above projections in December, following significant November rainfall in California. The Colorado River, which feeds Lake Mead, is under unprecedented strain ...

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When most people think of mead—if they’ve even heard of it—they imagine Tyrion Lannister of King’s Landing or Hogwarts’ Rubeus Hagrid slugging down the cloying amber grog. But few know that mead ...